Note 5 — Chapter XIII
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Certain articles are ruined by sterilization, and the nurse must be careful not to include these, or there will be a suit for damages. Leather and furs, can never be steamed. Straw mattresses are also injured. Nor is it possible to sterilize carpets and matting, because of their bulk. The sterilizer should be reserved exclusively for material which lends itself readily to treatment of this kind. In selecting what is suitable, the nurse should exclude old and filthy articles, which should be burned.